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Re: Xerox 1980s bitsavers

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From: Peter Flass
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2018 09:22
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Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
> On 2018-07-02, Bob Eager <news...@eager.cx> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 02 Jul 2018 16:37:39 -0400, Peter Flass wrote:
>> 
>>> Wow 51 boxes! I have about five boxes of _Analog_ from the 60's thru the
>>> 80s maybe. After several attempts to sell them I finally faced the fact
>>> that no one wants them at any price. Right now they're sitting on a tarp
>>> out by the road waiting to go into the trash tomorrow.
>> 
>> I have a complete run of Analog (and predecessors) from 1943-now. Given 
>> to me a few years ago and I kept up the subscription.
> 
> My collection is complete from 1951, with a number of issues back through
> the '40s.  It stops about 10 years ago, though, when I ran short of both
> reading time and reliable suppliers.
> 
> I also have a complete collection of Galaxy, plus a few issues of
> Worlds of If.  Lots of good reading there some day...

Indeed. Just moving the stacks I enjoyed looking at the covers and
remembering the great stories. Surprizingly I do recall a lot of them.

> 
>     ...taking Polaroid photos that are never in focus
>     Just to look at when they finally slow down.
>       -- Jimmy Buffett
> 



-- 
Pete
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Subject: Re: Xerox 1980s bitsavers
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